Edith

From Old English Ēadġȳð, from Proto-Germanic *audaz (“wealth, riches”) + *gunþiz (“battle”). Name of a 10th century English saint.

• IPA^(key): /ˈidɪθ/

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Edith

1. A female given name from Old English.
   • 1809, Charles and Mary Lamb, Poetry for Children: Choosing a Name:

     Edith's pretty, but it looks / Better in old English books.

   • 1903, Elizabeth Bisland, A Candle of Understanding, Harper&Brothers, page 11:

     But suppose she had had an elder sister with a beautiful name like Edith. My conviction was deep and immovable that had I been named something really pretty like that, I would have found it easy to sew neatly and know my lessons.

   • 2009, Linwood Barclay, Fear the Worst, Banrtam Books, →ISBN, page 76:

     - - but they went and gave it to this woman named Edith, if you can believe that any woman with a name like Edith would have a clue about what's fashionable." "Edith Head?" I said. "The Oscar-winning costume designer?"

• Edithburgh
• Stoke Edith

• Bealdġȳð (“Baldith (bold battle)”)

• Heidt, dieth, ithed

From English Edith in the 19th century.

Edith c

1. a female given name from English

• Ditte

• Danskernes Navne, based on CPR data: 32 166 females with the given name Edith have been registered in Denmark between about 1890 (=the population alive in 1967) and January 2005, with the frequency peak in the 1910s. Accessed on 19 May, 2011.

• Edit

Borrowed from English Edith in the 19th century.

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːdɪt/

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Edith f

1. a female given name from English

Edith f

1. a female given name of popular usage, variant of Edit

Edith f

1. a female given name of popular usage, variant of Edit

Unadapted borrowing from English Edith.

• IPA^(key): /eˈdid/ [eˈð̞ið̞]
• Rhymes: -id
• Syllabification: E‧dith

Edith f

1. a female given name from English

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Edith c (genitive Ediths)

1. a female given name, a less common spelling of Edit